A pair of National Women’s Team members were front and centre at Rexall Place in Edmonton on Thursday as
the Olympic torch made an appearance in the Alberta capital.

Goaltender Shannon Szabados, an Edmonton native, and defenceman Meaghan Mikkelson, from nearby St. Albert,
joined the Olympic flame on the ice for a ceremony prior to the NHL game between the Edmonton Oilers and
Pittsburgh Penguins.

Thursday’s stop was Day 77 of a 106-day journey across Canada for the Olympic torch. The torch will light
the cauldron in Vancouver to officially open the 2010 Olympic Winter Games as part of the Opening Ceremonies
on Feb. 12.